Gina Cabrejo
Gina Cabrejo is the acting director of the NAGTRI Center for International Partnerships and Strategic Collaboration. She is an attorney licensed in the United States and Colombia, South America who specializes in diverse areas of law, including finance, banking, criminal prosecution, and management. Given her expertise in inquisitorial and adversarial legal systems, she coordinates domestic and international trainings and facilitates cooperation…
Erika Kutterna
Erika Kutterna joined NAAG in August 2018 as a membership and meetings coordinator. In January 2020 she was promoted to the meetings and membership manager and in April 2021 she was promoted to director of meetings & member services. Erika earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire, master’s degree from James Madison…
Erin Schechter
In December 2017, Erin Schechter was named chief administrative officer for the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and its National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute (NAGTRI). In this role Erin oversees administrative operations including information technology and web services, general human resources, meeting planning, facilities, and contract and budget management. Prior to this…
Caroline Lannon
Caroline originally joined NAAG and NAGTRI as a law clerk in 2017, then a post-graduate fellow in September of 2019. As a law clerk, she focused mainly on substance use disorder, including prescription and opioid litigation and legislation, and consumer protection. In 2018 she published an article addressing the repeal of net neutrality. As a…
Dan Schweitzer
Dan Schweitzer is the Director and Chief Counsel of the National Association of Attorneys General’s Center for Supreme Court Advocacy. Since joining NAAG in February 1996, his principal responsibility has been to assist state appellate litigators who appear before the United States Supreme Court. Toward this end, Mr. Schweitzer organizes and participates in moot courts,…
Emily Myers
As antitrust counsel, Emily Myers assists states in their multistate activities. Those activities include litigation, competition advocacy in both federal and state courts and before federal and state administrative agencies and cooperation with the federal antitrust agencies. She also provides information on congressional and federal agency hearings of interest to the attorneys general. She maintains…
Barbara Zelner
Barbara is executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units (NAMFCU) which represents the 53 state and territory Medicaid Fraud Control Units. NAMFCU was founded in 1978 to provide information about Medicaid fraud and resident abuse investigations and prosecutions and to provide technical assistance and training to its member Units. Prior to…
Blake Bee
Blake Bee is program counsel of the NAGTRI Center for Consumer Protection. The Center is the nation’s only entity solely dedicated to provide training, research, expertise, and other resources to the staff of attorneys general offices and other government attorneys and staff committed to protecting the public against consumer fraud and abuse.
Andy Wright
Andy Wright joined NAAG as a NAGTRI program counsel in February 2018. He began his legal career as a prosecutor in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he handled minor misdemeanors and traffic offenses to serious felonies. Later, he served as a lawyering skills instructor at Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law for two years. In 2001,…
Ari Telisman
Ari Telisman serves as the Director of Legal Skills Training for the National Association of Attorneys General. He oversees training programs and resources for the attorney general community on topics including trial advocacy, legal writing, motion practice, depositions, and more. Previously, Mr. Telisman served as senior litigation counsel for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary…
